An attempt to cover Poland’s Solidarity movement – the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
A Man, When He Is a Man AKA El hombre cuando es hombre (1982) Valeria Sarmiento
What are the social climate and cultural traditions in Costa Rica which nurture “machismo” and allow the domination of women to continue in Latin America? Read More »
Last Images of the Shipwreck AKA Últimas imágenes del naufragio (1989) Eliseo Subiela, Lorenzo Quinteros, Noemí Frenkel, Hugo Soto
The director of the enigmatic, entirely memorable feature Man Facing Southeast confronts viewers Read More »
Apprentice to Murder (1988) Ralph L. Thomas, Donald Sutherland, Chad Lowe, Mia Sara
Fire-and-brimstone preacher sees Satan everywhere, trains gullible young boy to “detect” evil Read More »
The Four Seasons: Natsuko AKA Shiki Natsuko (1980) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma, Hitomi Kageyama, Akiko Kana
A 20-year-old woman feels entrapped in her relationship with her current boyfriend Read More »
Wolf’s Hole AKA Vlci bouda (1987) Vera Chytilová, Miroslav Machácek, Tomás Palatý, Stepánka Cervenková
A group of teenagers are mysteriously invited to a skiing workshop in the mountains. Read More »
Savage Breed AKA Razza selvaggia (1980) Pasquale Squitieri, Saverio Marconi, Stefano Madia, Imma Piro
Mario lives in Turin with his sister Michelina. He works in the factory. Read More »
The Woman of Fire ’82 (1982) Ki-young Kim
This is a remake of the classic “The Housemaid” (aka Hayo). This time it takes place on a chicken farm run by the wife. Read More »
The Haunting Passion (1983) John Korty, Jane Seymour, Gerald McRaney, Millie Perkins
Dan was a successful football player, but when his contract expired recently, it wasn’t renewed due to his age. Read More »
Thick Skinned AKA Peaux de vaches (1989) Patricia Mazuy, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Spiesser
A decade after a man has been killed in an accident in an isolated part of the French countryside, a family tries to come to terms with what happened. Read More »